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Troubled Dolton senior center a burden on taxpayers
The Dorchester Senior Center in the south suburbs has a steady stream of visitors: attentive relatives, busy repairmen and, lately, inquisitive federal investigators. The five-story, village-owned building that looks out over a dreary interstate has...
Tags: Elections, Finance, Local Government, Chicago Elections, Heavy Engineering
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Casino license competitors have strengths, weaknesses
Although Maryland has handed out five casino operating licenses, the state is entering uncharted territory with the allocation of its sixth. For the first time, there's real competition. Three serious operators submitted bids to run a casino in Prince...
Tags: Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Sports, Rushern Baker, Penn National Gaming
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Minn. construction company to pay $43k settlement in Sedgwick Co.
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA Minnesota construction company will pay more than $43,000 in fines for more than 140 violations to the Kansas Consumer Protection Act. The company, Delta Construction of Woodbury, Minnesota, touted itself as a construction company specializing in...Tags: Consumers
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$1 billion for new city schools: From non-starter to law
Baltimore schools chief Andrés Alonso went to Annapolis last year seeking approval for a bold $2 billion plan to replace many of the city system's crumbling buildings. The idea didn't even make it out of committee. Prospects still looked bleak in...
Tags: Government, Elections, Maryland Stadium Authority, Executive Branch, Finance
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PCL building and construction update given at community meetings
An update was given during community meetings on the progress of the building campaign and new construction plans for the Parkland Community Library. The finance plan must be approved by the Board of Directors in late June and the library will approach...Tags: Macungie, Libraries, Arts and Culture
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Less than half of state road fund money went for construction
Less than half of the money that the state has spent from its road fund in the last two years actually went to pay for direct construction costs, according to a report issued Tuesday. The majority of payments in fiscal 2012 and 2011 went to cover...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Science and Technology, Illinois Department of Transportation, Health Insurance Cost, Health Insurance
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Chicago building commission approves construction plan for school downsizing
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has yet to win approval for his push to close more than 50 public schools, but on Tuesday he got the go-ahead to spend more than $160 million for construction projects on schools this summer to accommodate the downsizing. The 11-...
Tags: House Building, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Toni Preckwinkle
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Home builders struggling to find enough construction workers
The real estate bust idled hundreds of thousands of construction workers. Now, with housing on the mend, builders are hiring again. Trouble is, many workers aren't coming back. Years of sporadic employment drove many from the industry. Incomes aren'...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Immigration, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Mexico
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
DISASTER DECLARATION Daugaard seeks Presidential Disaster Declaration PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration to help South Dakota recover from an ice and snow storm that hit the state last month....Tags: Government, Newspaper and Magazine, NASA, Science and Technology, Sports
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Construction adds jobs as housing recovers, but gains are uneven
Driven by demand in multi-unit housing, construction employment rose in 152 metro areas since March 2012, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Associated General Contractors Assn. But the employment gains have been uneven. The...
Tags: Employment, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace
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U.S. construction spending rate hits seven-month low
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - U.S. construction spending dropped to a seven-month low in March as public outlays recorded their largest drop since 2006, which could cause the first-quarter economic growth estimate to be trimmed. Construction spending...Tags: House Building, Money and Monetary Policy
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Orange schools in search of $2 billion
Orange County schools has $3 billion of work left to do on its construction program, the School Board was told Thursday. And only a third of that is paid for. That total includes $725 million in construction projects that were promised to voters in 2002...
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